Dave Michaels

With his unique brand of humour mixed with die-hard passion and knowledge for all things comic books, Dave Michaels puts his weekly spin on the pop culture like only he can. Each “episode” of Full Page Bleed provides fun, wacky commentary, interviews, recommendations of Dave’s favourite comics, and whatever else his “evil genius” can conjure up. What are you reading THIS for?! Read some FPB RIGHT NOW and PREPARE to BLEED COMICS! FPB is Here...

The original WolfCop sort of came out of nowhere. Nobody would have thought that a small film directed and written by a virtually unknown filmmaker from Saskatchewan starring an all-Canadian cast would become the most significant werewolf/comedy/horror movie since Teen Wolf and a cult phenomenon. But Lowell Dean and his group pulled it all off brilliantly, and WolfCop now has a sequel!
Another WolfCop got its Canadian premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival and yours truly got the chance to see it with his very own eyeballs with his fellow rabid Montreal fans. And we came out in force! Heck, there was even a guy in full-on WolfCop cosplay in the house! We don’t play around!
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Luke Harper is a force in the WWE wrestling ring. With his grizzled beard, worn out clothes, intimidating stature, surprising in-ring agility and incoherent mumbling he has for years been the most loyal emissary of the demented Bray Wyatt in his creepy and disturbing Wyatt Family. Only until recently when he finally awoke from Wyatt’s thrall and has gone out on his own as a fan favorite or babyface (hard to compare this 6’5’’ fiercely bearded man to a baby, but that’s the term for it). But, we all know that is simply a character he plays on TV in the wild and wacky “WWE Universe”. In reality “Luke Harper” is Jonathan Huber, a family man who has been wrestling in WWE and the in independent scene for about a decade.
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Toronto-based Chapterhouse Comics is a fairly new company in the comic book publishing game, but they are taking full initiative with what they want to do. And that is bring homegrown Canadian comic books to the world. They’ve begun with Captain Canuck and Northguard, which had already existed and were published independently for decades, and has continued with new modern heroes like The Pitiful Human Lizard and Die Kitty Die!
Comic book publishing isn’t an easy thing these days, but Chapterhouse has some star power behind them. Namely in the form of their Chief Creative Officer, Hollywood actor Jay Baruchel (and my fellow Montrealer), star of Tropic Thunder, This Is The End and Disney’s The Sorceror’s Apprentice. Jay is not only the CCO, he is also the writer of Captain Canuck: Year...
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Once again, Montreal Comiccon has come and gone and it was an absolute blast! And this year seems to have been one of the best, with guests, attendees and exhibitors all expressing their pleasure with how things were put together this year! It looks like this convention has come a long way!
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Look out! Here comes the Spider-Man! Let’s be honest, Spidey has not had the easiest time being adapted to the big screen. While the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire trilogy and even the Marc Webb/Andrew Garfield films have their fans, they had their share of critics too.
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Back in 2012 I did a column that I always consider as one of my all-time favorites. And it was called “Heroes of the Ring”. This column correlates two mediums I enjoy that are very different but the same in many ways: comic books and pro wrestling.
The goal of the column was simple, show that the “faces and heels” from WWE lore are not that far apart from the “heroes and villains” in superhero comics. The good guys were larger-than-life and the baddies were just as detestable. Well, the column did so well that I have wanted to do a part 2 with some of the more modern grapplers in WWE.
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It was only a matter of time before I got to this one, right? One of the coolest aspects of comicdom has always been the fact that many of our heroes need spiffy, space-age vehicles to get around in, right? I mean, how else is the Fantastic Four going to get to Latvaria to battle Dr. Doom or the X-Men going to get to wherever the Brotherhood is causing trouble? They need transportation!
Over the years there’s been a great amount of vehicles that have come along...and then...not so much. This here’s a list of the coolest of the cool, so don’t expect the Spider-Buggy or the Jokermobile or anything weird like that. Also, the Guardians’ Milano was JUST introduced in the comics, so that didn’t make the cut either! And as always, your favorite may not make the list! My apologies, but you know...
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